Aniarella typica ( Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 )

Fianco, Marcos, Szinwelski, Neucir & Faria, Luiz R. R., 2022, Katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) from the Iguaçu National Park, Brazil, Zootaxa 5136 (1), pp. 1-72 : 24

Aniarella typica ( Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878)

Fig. 10B ; 15B

Distribution: Brazil: Paraná.

New record for the Paraná State.

Comments: This is the first record of the species since its original description. The species is mostly green coloured, with a tricolour stripe band (red-white-red) on the pronotal carinae.

Bioacoustics ( Fig. 11A, B ): Males stridulate at night, with echemes in a crescendo of intensity. The syllables are grouped in pairs, and sound is produced only in the closing stroke (hemisyllables).

Dominant frequency: 14.2 ± 0.005 kHz.

Bandwidth: 1.1 ± 0.02 kHz.

Duration: Echeme: 17.4 ± 10.7 s; Syllable: 0.003 ± 0.0004 s.

Mute interval: Syllable: 0.16 ± 0.003 s; Pair of syllables: 1.5 ± 0.3 s.

Figures

FIGURE 10. Species of Aniarae, Cosmophylla and Dysoniini (Phaneropterinae) from the ParNa Iguaçu. A: Aniarella minor, female; B: Aniarella typica, male; C and D: Hyperophora brasiliensis, male and female; E: Hyperophora gracilis, male; F: Hyperophora major, male; G and H: Engonia minor, male and female; I and J: Engonia sp. 1, male and female; K: Dysonia pirani, male.

FIGURE 11. Calling songs of species of Aniarae species (Phaneropterinae) from the ParNa Iguaçu. A–B: Aniarella typica; C–E: Hyperophora brasiliensis; F–H: Hyperophora brasiliensis; A, C and F: sonogram of a sequence of echemes; D and G: sonogram of one echeme; B, D and H: spectrogram of the echeme highlighted in A, C and F, respectively.

FIGURE 15. Live specimens ofAniarae, Cosmophylla, Microcentrini and Odonturini (Phaneropterinae) from the ParNa Iguaçu. A: Aniarella typica, male; B: Hyperophora brasiliensis, male; C: Engonia minor, male; D: Engonia sp. 1, male; E: Anapolisia micromargaritifera; F: Microcentrum marginatum; G: Phillophyllia latior; H: P. venosa; I: Anisophya melanochloris, male; J: Xenicola xukrixi, female; all photos by Marcos Fianco.